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Show 00 HARD TIMES COME TO GERMAN ACTORS j BERLIN. Aug. 12. iP The AflSO-1 elated Press) Unusually h..:, i times have fallen upon the stage world of : Germany. The ironomlc difficulties which have been distressing ihe theatrical the-atrical managers ever since the revolution rev-olution have thrown hundreds of actors ac-tors and actresses virtually into the streets and at th" same time closed ma ny theati rs. Today numerous directors are waiting wait-ing until almost curtain Coi the winter win-ter season before entering Into con-tracts con-tracts for the members oc their casts Lueiuaeives nave ueen so hard pressed for means of gaining a livelihood thai thej have been mrn-jlng mrn-jlng to other work. In one town In the OCCUPied territory n actor, who once played leading hero parts, has taken up the pick cf a cos! miner rather than stoop to a minor part on the ;Stage or accept a salary which would j be low compared with a miner's wage. This Instance Is nd to be typical. |